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Fanatics signs 10-year partnership with Notre Dame
Global licensed sports merchandise manufacturer and retailer Fanatics has signed a 10-year licensing deal with the University of Notre Dame to become the college's primary apparel, headwear, and hard …
CFP executive director Bill Hancock handed contract extension
College Football Playoff executive director Bill Hancock has been given a contract extension by the CFP Board of Managers
Mountain West Conference signs $270m media-rights deal with Fox, CBS
The Mountain West Conference has announced a six-year media-rights deal with CBS and Fox Sports for college football and men's basketball games
Apple speaks with Pac-12 in exploration of content opportunities
Apple has had talks with US college sports property the Pac-12 Conference as it looks to bolster its Apple TV and TV+ OTT video entertainment products
US military academy athletes given greater chance to turn pro by Trump administration
US President Donald Trump used the Army-Navy American football game at Lincoln Financial Field, Philadelphia, on December 14 to hail a new administration policy that will allow military academy athletes…
College Football Playoff set, SEC’s Sankey affirms support for four-team format
Power 5 conferences again dominate as college football semifinal field is set
Michigan, Kentucky to play college basketball game at London’s O2 Arena in 2020
The Michigan Wolverines and Kentucky Wildcats will play a college basketball game at London's O2 Arena in December 2020 as part of a three-year deal between the university athletic programs
Fox Sports garners season-best college football audience with Ohio State-Michigan
Resumption of classic Big 10 rivalry is big draw for network
Notre Dame college football sell-out streak coming to an end at 273 games
The University of Notre Dame's sell-out streak for its college football games at the 77,622-capacity Notre Dame Stadium is expected to come to an end this weekend after a 273-game run that stretches back…
College sports carve out a commercial niche on OTT platforms
The Colonial Athletic Conference’s $4.5m streaming deal with FloSports is helping the conference to build audiences and close the gap on the Power 5. Eric Fisher reports.
CBS, Turner sell NCAA asset management sponsorship to Invesco
Multifaceted deal to have focus on financial literacy for student-athletes
NCAA opens doors to student-athletes profiting
The NCAA has taken its first step towards allowing college athletes to cash in on their fame after the Board of Governors voted unanimously to permit students to “benefit from the use of their name, im…
NCAA poised to move towards allowing student athletes to make money
The NCAA's top decision-makers will meet on October 29 in Atlanta, Georgia, to discuss whether it would be feasible to allow athletes to profit from their names, images and likenesses while still preserving …
Federal lawmakers seek ways for college athletes to sign endorsement deals
Federal lawmakers in the United States are looking to introduce a bill that could make it possible for all US college athletes to earn endorsement deals as early as January 2021
California Governor signs Fair Pay To Play Act into law
New California law to set up likely legal fight with NCAA over student-athlete compensation and likeness rights
Dish customers lose Fox’s sports channels in carriage dispute
Subscribers to US pay-television provider Dish Network and its OTT subsidiary Sling TV have lost access to Fox’s sports channels amid a carriage dispute with the network.
Ticketmaster continues college push with Penn State deal
Deal with the Big 10 Conference school furthers collegiate interests for Live Nation-owned company
Pac-12 moving American football title game to Las Vegas in 2020, 2021
The Pac-12 collegiate athletic conference is moving its American football championship game to Las Vegas in 2020 and 2021, commissioner Larry Scott announced
University of Connecticut poised to return to Big East in 2020 – reports
University expected to return to the conference where it won three of its four national titles in men's basketball
Pac-12 media company will help increase value of conference’s TV rights, says Scott
Pac-12 commissioner Larry Scott is confident the creation of a new media company will help increase the value of the US collegiate athletics conference’s media rights in 2024.
University of Illinois to sell beer at sporting events
The University of Illinois announced this week it will join the rowing number of major universities in the United States to sell beer at sporting events
Big Ten commissioner Delany to step down in 2020
Jim Delany, commissioner of the Big Ten Conference – the oldest division one collegiate athletic conference in the US – will retire when his current contract expires in June 2020.
NCAA selects Final Four hosts
The National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) has announced that Houston, Phoenix, San Antonio and Indianapolis will host the 2023 to 2026 editions of its Final Four end-of-season men’s basketball s…